Monday, May 19, 2014

Springtime with Antep's Top (Home) Chef | Culinary Backstreets

CB on the Road: Springtime with Antep's Top (Home) Chef
May 19, 2014, by Istanbul Eats, Comments 0

The cuisine of Antep deserves every bit of the praise it receives. In the southeastern city known as the gastronomic temple of Turkey, the world’s most refined kebab traditions are obsessively guarded by a cadre of traditional usta in the local grilling institutions. Baklava workshops are steeped in an odd mixture of science and voodoo that would titillate Willy Wonka himself. But coming down from a grilled meat and sweets binge, the body wants dolma, pilav, börek and çorba – the homestyle food that is strangely absent in Antep’s restaurants.

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